Disinfectant-cup



(No Model.) W. L. GERARD.

DISINFBGTANT our. No. 519,811. Patented May 15, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. GERARD, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

DISINFECTANT-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,811, dated May 15,1894.

Application filed October 17 1893- Serial No. 488,365. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. GERARD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisinfectant-Cups, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing, and the letters andfigures of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1, is a side View of my improved disinfectant cup withaportion of the leg broken away to show the flange on the socket. Fig.2, s a cross sectional view of the same. Fig. 3, 1s a top plan of thereceptacle, and Fig. 4, s a bottom plan of the cover. Fig. 5 shows it asit would appear in use.

This invention relates to certain improvements in disinfectant cups,having a cover to prevent the liquid from splashing out, and stillleaving the receptacles sufficiently open to allow the vaporizablesubstance to evaporate, and consists of the receptacle having adownwardly and inwardly turned upper edge, with a socket extendingupwardly from the bottom, and centrally located in the receptacle. Aconical shaped cover having perforatlons in its sides, and a flange onone end.

Referring to the drawings Arepresents the receptacle which is partiallyfilled with some antiseptic, and has its upper edge R turned lnwardlyand downwardly, for the purpose of assisting in preventing the liquidfrom splashing out.

D represents the socket which enters the leg of the furniture, and isprovided with rlm F, for the purpose of holding the receptacle fromdropping out, when the furniture is raised from the floor.

0 represents the cover which has the perforations P, for the purpose ofallowing the disinfectant to evaporate, but not largeenough to admit ofthe splashing out of the liquid.

Z is a circular flange on one end of the cover, and is for the purposeof holding the receptacle and cover in place, through the medium ofscrews, which enter the leg of the furniture through the holes S.

I am aware that heretofore there have been insect traps with covers, butmy construction difiers from them in the following: The cover 0, issmaller than the cup A, and its lower end is below the flange R, so thatwhen the liquid is splashing caused by the moving of the furniture,itwill strike either the flange R, or the cover 0 and drip back into thereceptacle A, and if the liquid should splash so hard as to strike theflange Z, it would drip down on the flange R, or the cover 0, and backinto the receptacle A. The central perforation in the cover, andthesocket of the receptacle are made to fit, so that the receptacle willnot slide up too far, thus bringing the cover in contact with theliquid, and the cover is formed in two parts as shown at 1-1 Fig. 4, sothe hole in the cover may be made of just the right size to fit thesocket D at a point just below the flange F.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

A disinfectant cup comprising a conical cover, having a disk shapedbase, and made in sections, in combination withacup having a socketprojection, and a shoulder thereon, embraced by the sectionalcover,substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM L. GERARD.

Witnesses:

G. S. CALDWELL, V. O. DAvis.

